On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:13:02 +0100, Jake Verbaten <raynos2@gmail.com>
wrote:
> addEventListener is long and verbose. Could we have `on` as a synonym for
> addEventListener ?
I think it should have additional functionality if we are going to add
something new. E.g. ignore whether the event was dispatched as a bubbling
event or not and have it always go through the bubble phase. Maybe add the
possibility of only invoking the listener when it is registered on the
actual event target, things like that.
Native support for jQuery-style event delegation was suggested during
TPAC. I'm not that familiar with event delegation, or how jQuery's API
works here, but I'm not opposed to adding new features around event
handling.
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